Clothes = pronunciation??

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	Lucky6  #383984  Mon, 25 Jun 07 06:52 AM What’s funny is close has two pronunciations and two meanings. I can be close to you and I can close the door. “I’m going to close the door if you get any closer.” In close the door the “s” has a “z” sound and in I am close to you the “s” has a typical “s” sound as in snake.    Lucky6 Joined on Tue, Jun 5 2007 San Diego New Member (36) Not the same old boring English

	Mosca  #384268  Tue, 26 Jun 07 12:53 AM doesn´t close end with an 's'-sound?    Mosca Joined on Wed, Jun 20 2007 New Member (40) ------- "It's your language, I'm just trying to use it... ", Victor Borge
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	Buddhaheart  #384294  Tue, 26 Jun 07 02:59 AM My dictionary & in fact most lexicons tell me it may be pronounced as /clcZ/ or /clcðZ/. I mostly utter the easy or ‘lazy’ 1st version.    Buddhaheart Joined on Sat, Jan 20 2007 Vancouver Canada Full Member (130)
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	Eimai_Anglos  #384528  Tue, 26 Jun 07 07:00 PM I pronounce "clothes" exactly as it is written. Sounds like "clo w ths". Whenever I hear it mispronounced "close" it gives the impression that the speaker is lazy, uneducated, or perhaps there are English dialects where it is correct (but none that I know of). Anyway, I recommend that you pronounce it as written.    Eimai_Anglos Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Cheshire, England Full Member (472) Martin - native English speaker and technical author.
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	Kekel  #384603  Tue, 26 Jun 07 10:51 PM Thanks for all the explanations!    Kekel Joined on Sun, Dec 17 2006 Brazil Full Member (377) “Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.” - Sarah Caldwell

	Mosca  #384959  Wed, 27 Jun 07 03:22 PM this should be considered incorrect then according to ae pronunciation? http://www.answers.com/close    Mosca
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	Kooyeen  #385003  Wed, 27 Jun 07 04:07 PM Hi, Close - with "s" sound, when it's an adjective: She was close to me. Close - with "z" sound, when it's a verb: Close the door, please.    Kooyeen Joined on Thu, Dec 22 2005 Italy Senior Member (4,173) If you don't have a sense of humor already, it's about time you buy one.
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	Mosca  #385113  Wed, 27 Jun 07 10:55 PM Hey, you're right about that! further down at the answers link, right? didn't see that .. in fact when I say it to myself now that's the way I say it - should trust my ear better ... doesn't sound right to me with a 'z' for the adjective. tnks    Mosca

	Bldudas  #385461  Thu, 28 Jun 07 07:15 PM I have never heard the s in close pronounced as a z. Also, I have never heard anyone pronounce the th in clothes.    Bldudas Joined on Mon, Apr 2 2007 Pennsylvania, United States New Member (49) I speak American English. Well, actually, a version of Philadelphia area English.